This article originally appeared as a guest post of the She Negotiates blog on Forbes.com. Republished with permission. As a publisher I appreciate a provocative headline. A good hook is more important than ever in our link-and-like economy. But I bristled at the sexist assumption in the title of Daniel Freedman’s March 16th column, “Do […]
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post and New Deal 2.0. Republished with permission. In the debate over work-life balance, there’s one argument we can’t seem to move past: Women have made a choice to have kids. Now they have to live with their decision and all of its consequences. But this argument rests […]
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post and New Deal 2.0. Republished with permission. When Sekiko Garrison told former boss Michael Bloomberg she was pregnant, his answer was simple: “Kill it.” Allowing mothers flexible work arrangements, he commented, was like allowing a man time off to practice his golf swing. The CEO who took over when […]
I’ll admit it up front: what I’m about to say is probably going to sound defensive. But to give you some background, I’m a little tapped out these days and not at my most generous. As a parent to 4-year-old twins, a senior director at a small non-profit, and the wife of a workaholic, I’m […]
Kat Zacharia writes about the trials and rewards of being a sole parent to two young children. Read her first piece about how she became a sole parent here. As we drove away from a lunch meeting at one of Burbank’s oldest institutions, my colleague and close friend Kiki turned to me and said, “Wow! […]
What are you looking for when you head to the movies? Some of us want explosions; others desire great love stories. A lot of people want comedy; fewer need to cry at the end. Whatever it is that drives people to the theater — and it’s got to be good with ticket prices at $10 […]
It’s now almost 30 years since the publication of Helen Gurley Brown’s “Having It All: Love, Success, Sex, Money Even If You’re Starting With Nothing“. In the book, the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine argued that it was completely possible for the modern woman to have everything she’d always wanted, from a stellar career to […]
Marlo Thomas is something of a personal hero to me, but I was admittedly disappointed by her recent article for the official launch of the new HuffPost Women’s Page. I was raised on Free To Be…You And Me (I still occasionally catch myself humming the tune to William Wants a Doll), I have great respect […]
I’m a member of a small, but increasing minority: the stay-at-home father. Like stay-at-home mothers always have, I’ve put aside my professional ambitions and earning power to be the primary caregiver for our children. I’m not saying that I would change that. I really love my kids and wouldn’t trade places with anyone in the […]
My husband, Michael, posted recently about how we redesigned our household model 20 months ago when our son (who I’ll call V) was born, and I wanted to add my perspective. Most days, I feel profoundly lucky to have created an approach that, for all of the logistical acrobatics it requires, has held together nicely. […]
I’m someone who has spent much of her life thinking about and observing gender differences. Growing up in a clear patriarchy, I was very aware that women seemed to have few choices and little influence. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that I spent most of my career over the last two plus decades focused on […]
Excerpted from Undecided, Seal Press, copyright 2011 by Barbara Kelley and Shannon Kelley. Commitment phobia. Analysis paralysis. Grass-is-greener syndrome. You name it, women today are plagued by it. Unlike our mothers, these women were born of a generation blessed with limitless choices — a generation that’s found that the more choices we have, the harder it […]
